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If you are an advanced civ that fears new competition, you don't wait for hearing random radio transmissions. You build replicating factories to build relativi
by yreg 4y ago
If you are an advanced civ that fears new competition, you don't wait for hearing random radio transmissions.
You build replicating factories to build relativistic kill missiles and preemptively destroy all the planets in the galaxy.
- krapp 4y agoGiven that planets currently exist in our galaxy, either no advanced civilizations exist that fear competition or... apparently not?
- yreg 4y agoYep, I think it makes little sense for them to fear competition (if they exist). I suspect that intergalactic warfare is impractical and there is nothing to gain. Reasons being: There is no stealth in space, there is no FTL, resources are abundant everywhere, destroying planets/megastructures is rather easy.
- withinboredom 4y agoHmm maybe. If anything, I don’t think it would be killing for competition. Killing a planet is “easy” if you can expend the energy. The risk of accidentally offending another civilization is much easier, offending them to the point of them wanting to wipe you out isn’t that much harder (see Earth History). Thus, it almost makes sense to just wipe out any civilization preemptively.